Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Suffield Mom Who Left Baby In Car Ordered to Undergo Psychological Evaluation

The accused claims she left the 8-month old in the car for just five minutes at a grocery store.

UPDATE, 3:45 p.m.

Lisa Murphy has been ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation, according to FoxCT.

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Suffield police arrested a local woman Sunday afternoon after a grocery store employee notified them of a young child left alone inside a running car, WTNH-TV reported.

Lisa M. Murphy, 37, was charged with risk of injury to a child after police established she was the mother of the baby found in the car. She was released on $2,500 bond.

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Channel 8 said an employee from Highland Park Market in Suffield Village called police after discovering the 8-month-old child strapped into a rear car seat inside the vehicle, which was still running with the air conditioning on.

The station quoted police as saying Murphy admitted leaving the youngster in the car for “five minutes.”

Read more at www.wtnh.com.

Photo courtesy Suffield Police Department

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